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Gareth Bacon vs Torsten Bell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 285 different votes 289 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
Participation
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 648
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
376
526 eligible divisions
683
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
56.1 % of votes cast
718
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
165
43.9 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
Appearances
73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 648
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648
Contributions
408
+299.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API